Fire guts Abubakar Audu’s Millennium Plaza in Abuja

Adelani Adepegba, Abuja
Fire on Friday gutted the Millennium Plaza in the Central Business District of Abuja, opposite the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation.
The fire started at the side of the Plaza, which housed the Institute of Human Virology at 2:15pm and spread to the other building in the plaza.
The plaza, which has  four buildings,  belonged to  the late Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Kogi State, Prince Abubakar Audu.



Besides the Institute of Human Virology, other companies in the plaza include Zenith Bank, Sky Bank and the advert unit of PUNCH Nigeria Limited.
The fire destroyed the pent house and the third floor of the building that housed the institute of human virology.
It spread to the next building and burnt the pent house and third the floor.
It, however, did not spread to the second and the first floor, which accommodates the advert unit of PUNCH Nigeria Limited.
Fire fighters from the NNPC got to the scene 10 minutes after the incident started. They were later joined by officers of the Federal Fire Service
Details later…